October: Ten Days That Shook the World is a 1928 Soviet silent propaganda film written and directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov. It is a celebratory dramatization of the 1917 October
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Directors Grigori Aleksandrov (left) and Sergei Eisenstein (right) in 1930
Vladimir Lenin as represented in the film
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The Winter Palace is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the House of Romanov, the emperors of Russia, from 1732 to 1917. The palace and its precincts now house the H
October: Ten Days That Shook the World
…control of the bridges. The Minister of War calls troops to the aid of the deposed government, and Cossacks and the Women's Death Battalion arrive at the Winter Palace and lounge on the Tsar's billiard table. The Provisional Government drafts an appeal to the citizens attempting to reassert its legitimacy, but that…
The Winter Palace, from Palace Square
The Winter Palace, from Palace Embankment
The Winter Palace, from above
The first Winter Palace, designed in 1711 for Peter the Great, by Domenico Trezzini who, 16 years later, was to design the third Winter Palace